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Published 15:52 27 Jan 2015 GMT
Updated 11:23 28 Jan 2015 GMT
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Madigan was up at 85% kicking accuracy all season until he got the jitters in Leinster's 20-20 draw with Wasps at the weekend. The Dubliner landed just three kicks from seven but Murphy hopes it was an anomaly.
He said, 'It was a real surprise; he was very disappointed in himself. I can’t remember the last time that he missed four kicks in a game. The thing is not to make a massive big deal of it and just move on. The next time he’s out kicking I don’t think he’ll have the same problem... having missed four at the weekend it brings (his kicking stats) down to 82%; so he is still a high quality goal-kicker. He just happen to pile up a few misses at one time.'
Murphy attempted to break-down Madigan's kicking yips: 'It was a little difficult in a stadium that we have never been in before. There was a little bit of breeze blowing across the pitch. He missed two kicks which we little pulls; that would be something that he would fight against from time to time and he over corrected on the other two.
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